B E S T M O V I E S B Y D E C A D E based on IMDB rating Best overall Decade by IMDB rating Minimum movies needed to qualify : 3 Year Movies Best Movie of the Year IMDB Overall Maximum movies listed : 5 Rating Rating More examples 1 2 3 4 5 6 40's 11 Casablanca 8.8 7.92 Info It's a wonderful life 8.7 Info Citizen Kane 8.6 Info The Philadelphia Story 8.1 Info Key Largo 8.0 Info 60's 45 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 9.0 7.58 Info Once upon a Time in the West 8.8 Info Psycho 8.7 Info Lawrence of Arabia 8.6 Info To Kill A Mockingbird 8.5 Info 50's 17 12 Angry Men 8.9 7.51 Info North by northwest 8.6 Info Paths of Glory 8.6 Info Singin' in the rain 8.4 Info Ben Hur 8.2 Info 30's 10 The wizard of Oz 8.3 7.40 Info Gone with the wind 8.2 Info The Lady Vanishes 8.2 Info The Adventures of Robin Hood 8.1 Info The 39 Steps 8.0 Info 70's 86 The godfather 1 9.1 7.25 Info The Godfather 2 9.0 Info One Flew over the Cockoo's Nest 8.9 Info WBDV 1x01 8.9 Info WBDV 1x02 8.9 Info 80's 141 Starwars (5) 8.8 6.72 Info Das Boot 8.5 Info Alien II 8.4 Info Starwars (6) 8.3 Info Back to the Future I 8.3 Info 00's 705 The Dark Knight 9.0 6.60 Info Memento 8.6 Info Wall-E 8.6 Info Das Leben der Anderen 8.5 Info Up 8.5 Info 90's 344 The Shawshank Redemption 9.2 6.44 Info Pulp Fiction 8.9 Info Schindler's list 8.9 Info Goodfellas 8.8 Info The Usual Suspects 8.7 Info